a 10-week-old yorkie and two 9-week-old bugs, which are a mix of boston terrier and a pug. >> that's terrible. >> that is so terrible. >> that's for sure. >> stealing puppies. >> it's just a bad day. all right let's bring in our team this morning. abby huntsman is with us. she's the host of up host liv. don lemon is up from atlanta. anchor of cnn newsroom on the weekend. ryan lizza is washington correspondent for the new yorker. about time you joined our panel, mr. don. finally. you know, yesterday we spoke to the retiring congressman steve latourette about mitt romney's defeat and we were asking him about that statement that came out from the tea party patriots that they were the last, best hope for america. listen. >> is the tea party america's next best hope? >> well, listen to me. there's a one-word phrase we use in ohio for that, crap. that's nonsense. you know my wife's a democrat and she was so close to voting for mitt romney. but then, you know, moor dak and akin opened their mouth and we send them running back to the democratic party because they think we're nutty. we have t